Skype for iPad adds HD video calling, CBS Sports gains live video

Skype users that own the newest iPad can now take advantage of its HD front camera, as the app saw an update today, and meanwhile the CBS Sports app has added the ability for viewers to stream live video of events.

Skype goes HD

Version 4.10 of the Skype for iPad app allows owners of the fourth-generation iPad to make HD quality video calls from their devices. The app update also contains general improvements to call quality and stability on that device.

In addition to those two features, the update has general fixes and improvements to app functionality. It also features a redesigned country code picker on the dial pad.

Skype for iPad is available as a free download in the App Store. The 31.1MB download is compatible with iPads running iOS 5.0 or later.

CBS Sports gets full iPad support, live video

CBS Interactive's CBS Sports app saw an update on Monday, bringing it to version 6.0. Thanks to the update, the app is now fully compatible with the iPad, and users can watch live video from their devices now.

Previous updates to the app brought MLB GameTrackers, key players in games, and NBA on-court stats. The app provides live video access to NCAA Basketball from January through April, the PGA Tour from May through August, and SEC football games from September through December. Users can also get on-demand access to highlights, analysis, and original video content.

The CBS Sports app update is a free download on the App Store. The 15.1MB download is compatible with iPhones, iPods, and iPads running iOS 6.0 or later.

Most people that will use Skype on an iPad will do so at home or at least on a wifi connection somewhere. LTE will also handle this very easily and I have unlimited LTE data on Sprint so I wouldn't need to worry about how much data a Skype video call would use.

I care. Facetime only works on iOS devices and in case you haven't noticed the majority of devices in use are not running iOS. SInce I can't control what device my friends and family choose to buy I need Skype to communicate with people on Android or even on Windows computers. Skype offers true interoperability and is platform agnostic whereas FaceTime is far more limited audience. Apple should open FaceTime to other platforms if they seriously want to compete with Skype.

If Time Warner is your provider you can kiss off CBS Sports via Wi-Fi at home. Hell, I tried watching Big Brother using AT&T LTE and the CBS app last night and it was blocked. Last week it worked. Don't know how CBS can block AT&T over a Time Warner issue, but they are.

If Time Warner is your provider you can kiss off CBS Sports via Wi-Fi at home. Hell, I tried watching Big Brother using AT&T LTE and the CBS app last night and it was blocked. Last week it worked. Don't know how CBS can block AT&T over a Time Warner issue, but they are.

I really don't understand why CBS is blocking Time Warner customers anyway. To me it only shows that CBS needs TW worse than TW needs CBS. I could understand TW blocking web streaming of CBS content but not the other way around. Seems to me that CBS should like to get as many web streamers as possible to put the hurt on TW by sucking their bandwidth and their ad revenues. But I guess their strategy is to piss off TW customers in to switching to Verizon or AT&T as their carrier, where available, or perhaps just encouraging customers to send in complaints and threaten to bail although many of them are probably under contract with TW bundles.